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Gilliam's bizarre but influential fantasy: think Monty Python meets 1984. When a lowly clerk trying to correct an administrative mistake ventures deep into the Ministry of Information, he meets Harry, a rogue repairman who evades government paperwork by fixing people's TVs and boilers.

Keywords:

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Sci Fi, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1985) (UK) (5 Star)

Cast:

Jonathan Pryce	.... Sam Lowry
Robert de Niro	.... Archibald Tuttle
Katherine Helmond	.... Mrs. Ida Lowry
Ian Holm	.... Mr. M. Kurtzmann
Bob Hoskins	.... Spoor
Michael Palin	.... Jack Lint

Supporting Cast:

Ian Richardson	.... Mr. Warrenn
Peter Vaughan	.... Mr. Helpmann
Kim Greist	.... Jill Layton
Jim Broadbent	.... Dr. Jaffe
Barbara Hicks	.... Mrs. Terrain
Charles McKeown	.... Lime
Derrick O'Connor	.... Dowser
Kathryn Pogson	.... Shirley
Bryan Pringle	.... Spiro

Directors:

Terry Gilliam

Writers:

Terry Gilliam
Tom Stoppard

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